World War II Honoree

Robert D. Atwood

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Winthrop, Maine

Honored By

Frank Halm, USAF (Ret.)

SERVED AS A B-17 ‘FLYING FORTRESS’ BOMBER BOMBARDIER, WHO COMPLETED MORE THAN 30 COMBAT MISSIONS IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO THE 8TH AIR FORCE ‘MIGHTY EIGHTH’, 94TH BOMB GROUP, 331ST BOMB SQUADRON, STATIONED AT ROUGHAM FIELD, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, ENGLAND. LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE 333RD BOMB SQUADRON WHERE HIS CREW WAS DESIGNATED AS THE ‘LEAD CREW SQUADRON’. CAMPAIGNS AND AIR BATTLES: AIR OFFENSIVE EUROPE: NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE AND CENTRAL EUROPE. DECORATIONS: DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL WITH FOUR OAK LEAF CLUSTERS AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN WITH FOUR CAMPAIGN STARS.